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the technology industry is also booming in another sector, internet companies. they are now expanding into education. profits are getting squeezed as well. >> this search engine helps middle schools students learn math, physics and biology and it's free. >> china's education is based so much on the test-oriented system. many parents are willing to play a lot of money to educate their kids. online education has become popular in china because it is more economical. customers can catch -- can get education materials more easily from online platforms. it saves time and money. the scale of china's online education business reached new revenue last your. -- last year. >> three companies in china where the education for all around development are working skills. china's education is more about exams. >> but some companies are trying new ways to help students and not just for their school exam. take videos, for example, some with experiments to help students understand things better. or for math, some education resources are now without knowledge for an exam, i'd have
the technology industry is also booming in another sector, internet companies. they are now expanding into education. profits are getting squeezed as well. >> this search engine helps middle schools students learn math, physics and biology and it's free. >> china's education is based so much on the test-oriented system. many parents are willing to play a lot of money to educate their kids. online education has become popular in china because it is more economical. customers can...
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hospitals invested a lot in technology so we have some of the best facilities and our part of the world. >> tourists traveling for medical reasons spend between 40 and $60 billion a year. the market is growing around 20%. brazil received about 50,000 medical travelers a year from different parts of the world. mostly from neighboring latin american countries like ecuador, bolivia, and uruguay. mostly for cosmetic surgery. foreign patients who come to brazil for treatment can be roughly divided into two groups. there are those from rich countries, europeans and north americans who come here because medical procedures are cheaper. there are those from the developing nations, from latin america and africa who come to brazil because they can find top-quality hospitals for those who can pay. brazil has 25 hospitals accredited by the joint commission international, an organization that certifies the quality of medical services worldwide. sÃo paulo is the most sought after destination. >> we have an occupancy rate between 80% and 100% and eight accredited hospitals of sÃo paulo. this is somet
hospitals invested a lot in technology so we have some of the best facilities and our part of the world. >> tourists traveling for medical reasons spend between 40 and $60 billion a year. the market is growing around 20%. brazil received about 50,000 medical travelers a year from different parts of the world. mostly from neighboring latin american countries like ecuador, bolivia, and uruguay. mostly for cosmetic surgery. foreign patients who come to brazil for treatment can be roughly...
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's technology has taken us there. i walk around with my cell phone in my purse and all of this is going to be recorded, and we know that. >> i know i use mine for sure. other countries, europe for example, they ask for more information. >> they also said to build their own intelligence network that was subject to a paper in 1998. >> i don't speak for them but i would be surprised because they asked for a meeting a few days ago, and they fight for terrorism. but they just want to be more aware of what is going on. >> have you been surprised by some of the revelations >> do you look at your cell phone differently? >> i knew that my cell phone and e-mail are fundamentally insecure. this is part of what comes at the maturation process. and it is not new. we knew that the nsa was already monitoring 80% of internet traffic and every single telephone communication in and out of europe. i think the extent and the use to which it is being used matters, but the moment they were mandated to carry gps transceivers, it was obvious
's technology has taken us there. i walk around with my cell phone in my purse and all of this is going to be recorded, and we know that. >> i know i use mine for sure. other countries, europe for example, they ask for more information. >> they also said to build their own intelligence network that was subject to a paper in 1998. >> i don't speak for them but i would be surprised because they asked for a meeting a few days ago, and they fight for terrorism. but they just want...